Anna Netrebko is an ideal Adina, the wealthy young landowner at the center of Donizetti’s beloved comedy. She is surrounded by three men: Nemorino (Salvatore Cordella), the villager who loves her; Belcore (Nicola Alaimo), the pompous sergeant who wants to marry her on the spot; and Dulcamara (Erwin Schrott), the traveling quack who sells Nemorino the “elixir” of the title. Maurizio Benini conducts.

Returning for the holidays, this season's family entertainingment is richard Jone' witty production of Humperdinck's fairy-tale opera, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis, in whcih two children facre against a wicked witch.